Re: SvnX 2.0.1 failing to launch on macOS 12.0.x (Monterey)

[chri...@gmail.com]

Hello Folks,

Several people have reported that svnX (v2.0.1) fails to launch on macOS 12.0.
Multiple reports indicate ‘Symbol not found: _svn_client_version’.
The issue appears to be the same on X86 & M1 CPUs.
I believe this affects all users of svnX and macOS 12.0 the same.

Currently I do not know what, exactly, the problem is, or how best to fix it.

The function ‘_svn_client_version’ is contained within one of Subversion’s libraries.
SvnX weak links against the Subversion libraries to enable support for the ‘Call Subversion libraries directly’ feature (in Preferences > General).
If the libraries are not where they are expected to be or don’t contain the required symbols (i.e. symbol(s) not found) or fail to meet other criteria then that option should simply appear disabled in the Preferences window.

On macOS 12.0 this seems not to be working as it has always worked.


Could someone please try the following and report back. (Either directly to me or via the list.)

1. Make sure you have the following libraries (installed as part of an Subversion) before launching svnX:

/opt/subversion/lib/libapr-1.0.dylib
/opt/subversion/lib/libsvn_client-1.0.dylib
/opt/subversion/lib/libsvn_fs-1.0.dylib
/opt/subversion/lib/libsvn_subr-1.0.dylib

These don’t need to be for the Subversion you (or svnX) actually use as long as ‘Call Subversion libraries directly’ is subsequently unchecked.
Also check you have the correct read & exec privileges using something like:
ls -l /opt/subversion/lib/lib*-1.0.dylib


2. Try removing the symlinks that svnX uses to reach those libraries. These are:

svnX.app/Contents/Frameworks/libapr.dylib
svnX.app/Contents/Frameworks/libsvn_client.dylib
svnX.app/Contents/Frameworks/libsvn_fs.dylib
svnX.app/Contents/Frameworks/libsvn_subr.dylib

You can simply move them out of the folder (on to the Desktop for instance) and then try launching svnX.

Did either of these make a difference? Possibly only in the error message (but still important).


Thanks for the feedback.

CHRIS

[logik ethik]

Hey Chris,

Thanks so much for the update. I don't have those libraries at that location, since I used brew to install svn starting with Big Sur (Apple removed svn from the command line tools starting in Big Sur.) I did remove the symlinks from the svnx app as you mentioned, but the app still crashes with the same _svn_client_version symbol error. Thanks for your help with this!

[Michael Sperber]

Hi Chris,

thanks for the info: On our machine, the SVN libraries were in /usr/local/lib rather than /opt/subversion/lib. Moving the links made things work again.

Regards,

Mike